Comment by llamageddon01 on 22/10/2021 at 21:46 UTC*

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View submission: The NewToReddit Encyclopaedia Redditica v2

Misleading Subreddit Titles

Not every Subreddit is as it would at first appear to be. There are many subs with misleading titles which I have listed at Navigating Reddit[1]. As you would expect, those aren’t the only ones…

1: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/p8t966/reddit_and_karma_explained/h9ssh6c/

r/PanPorn - no, not kitchen utensils in an NSFW setting; this sub is for well-used makeup products that have worn down to the packaging: i.e. the pan.
r/AlzheimersGroup - people posting a Garfield strip each day as if it were brand new. That’s actually not a strip I’ve seen before. Someone said I have but I don’t think so.
r/NoPoo - Potty training? Hardly. This is a place to discuss natural haircare and alternatives to shampoo.
r/smoking - for enhancing the flavour of meats and vegetables, not the usage of tobacco.
r/expectedouija - nothing supernatural here, only memes about corn. Yes, corn. You know, 🌽. Corn.
r/CasualCock - sadly now dormant, this sub featured cocks keeping it casual (with or without their hens).
r/dikpictures - to post pics of dik-diks / diks: a type of small antelope.
r/manholeporn - a sub for SFW pictures of sewer covers in all their cast iron glory and absolutely no NSFW pictures of man holes.
r/Gonewilder - wilder than Gone Wild? Not really; this sub is for Gene Wilder pictures.
r/bigbustycoons - someone please resurrect this sub. About public transport, of course.

All have their different origin stories, sometimes in their Sidebar; often lost to the mists of time.

Talking of being misleading, Reddit also has several subreddits with the word “fuck” in their title which have nothing to do with what that word normally means and are not just SFW but as wholesome as fuck - just like r/wholesomeasfuck, r/interestingasfuck, r/FairytaleasFuck, and r/NatureIsFuckingLit.

*See Also:**

Adopting a Subreddit[2]
Cursed Subs[3]
Fake Subreddits[4]
“Fake-Out” Subreddits[5]
Navigating Reddit[6]
Porn[7]
SFW[8]

2: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hh8kg46/

3: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hhibaup/

4: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hh8tkjh/

5: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hh8tpct/

6: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/p8t966/reddit_and_karma_explained/h9ssh6c/

7: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hhqw9l8/

8: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hhcqxrr/

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